Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost's election as Pope Leo XIV marks a historic moment as the first American to lead the Catholic ...

As the United States of America approaches the 250th anniversary of its founding, the country has achieved something many ...

Bishop Gerald Kicanas spoke with the new pope just after he was selected, sending him congratulations and prayers.

From the moment we enter the world, a name is given to us. It is spoken over us before we can understand or even respond.

The price of the new Pope’s childhood home, which in recent years had been used as a drug den, is set to ‘skyrocket’, ...

New pontiff prays at tomb of Francis ahead of first Sunday address - The new pope will give his first Sunday blessing and ...

It was an electrifying moment on Thursday May 8 when Pope Leo XIV (born Robert Francis Prevost, 14 September 1955) was elected the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State.

Leo, the first American pope, told the cardinals that he was fully committed to the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, ...

SNL's Weekend Update addresses complaints from conservatives that Pope Leo XIV is "woke," and trashes Donald Trump wanting to ...

The Vatican press corps is watching Leo XIV very closely for clues to the kind of pope he plans to be, writes William Crawley ...

Leo XIV prayed at the tomb of Pope Francis on Saturday, just two days after being elected new head of the Catholic Church and ...